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June 2026
Monthly Meeting


NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Right Tree, Right Place, Right Fire Zone: A Look at San Diego’s Trees and Their Future, With Tony Gurnoe, June 20, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Native trees are all the rage, with municipalities such as Encinitas passing regulations that require new landscape development projects to include native species. Which trees count as native? Are they good choices for your yard? How do native trees relate to fire and California's new zone 0 regulations? We'll talk about all of these things while profiling some of San Diego's unique and often underappreciated local trees. Tony Gurnoe has conducted research related to native t
7 hours ago
Articles


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Keystone Species Revisited - Manzanitas Supporting Biodiversity And Beauty
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Big Berry Manzanita. Left photo courtesy of Calscape. Right photo by Keir Morse....
Jan 1, 2025


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Mediterranean Gardens on the Côte d'Azur
By Frank Mitzel. Crossing over the border from Italy, we travel west along the Mediterranean seacoast and arrive at the Côte d' Azur in...
Jan 1, 2019


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens Around Rome
By Frank Mitzel. This is the last installment of the Gardens of Italy series. The previous four articles in this series are Gardens of...
Nov 1, 2018


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens Around Pisa
By Frank Mitzel. This is the fourth installment of the Gardens of Italy series. The previous three articles in this series are Gardens of...
Sep 1, 2018


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens Around Florence
By Frank Mitzel. Of all the larger cities of Italy (Bologna, Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Venice), Florence is my favorite. I had...
Jul 1, 2018


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens of Northern Italy Near Venice
By Frank Mitzel. Heading east upon departing the enchanting environs of Bellagio and Lake Como towards the gardens of Veneto, it's always...
May 1, 2018


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens of Northern Italy Near Lake Como
By Frank Mitzel. Starting in 1989, I've visited the Lake Como region of northern Italy five times during the eighteen trips to Italy that...
Jan 1, 2018
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